StillAlive@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agoMFW I wake up to find Lemmy feeds full of USA stuffmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1837
arrow-up1837imageMFW I wake up to find Lemmy feeds full of USA stuffmedia.piefed.worldStillAlive@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·13 hours ago“What is the deal with…” Is it just me, or is that a really hack thing to do in standup comedy? lol
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·12 hours agoIts literarary shorthand for “this comic is bad at their job.” No comedians actually say that, unless they’re referencing a hack comedian.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-211 hours agoJerry Seinfeld literally was that guy. All those “what’s the deal with…” jokes are specifically making fun of Seinfeld. It’s not calling out all hacks; just the one specific hack.
minus-squareFosterMolasses@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 hours agoThey’re referencing Jerry Seinfeld. He does that. Or did, probably before you guys were born lol
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 hours agoLike they said, referencing a hack comedian
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoI mean hack comedians still do it I guess, but most of them don’t make it past the open mic stage. Or they improve their craft and stop doing it.
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours ago“How about those comedians that say ‘What is the deal with…’? They’re trite I tell 'ya. Trite!”
“What is the deal with…”
Is it just me, or is that a really hack thing to do in standup comedy? lol
Its literarary shorthand for “this comic is bad at their job.” No comedians actually say that, unless they’re referencing a hack comedian.
Jerry Seinfeld literally was that guy. All those “what’s the deal with…” jokes are specifically making fun of Seinfeld. It’s not calling out all hacks; just the one specific hack.
They’re referencing Jerry Seinfeld. He does that.
Or did, probably before you guys were born lol
Like they said, referencing a hack comedian
I mean hack comedians still do it I guess, but most of them don’t make it past the open mic stage. Or they improve their craft and stop doing it.
“How about those comedians that say ‘What is the deal with…’? They’re trite I tell 'ya. Trite!”